1Ti 5:3, 9-10, 16, Jam 1:27 | ESV | STEP | Honor widows who are truly widows .

a ver. 5, 16

b[ch. 3:2]

d[See ver. 9 above]

eSee Gen. 18:4

f ver. 16

g[ch. 6:18]

h ver. 3, 5

i Matt. 25:36

j Job 31:17, 18; Isa. 1:17, 23

k 1 Tim. 5:22; 1 John 5:18

l 2 Pet. 3:14

1 Timothy 5:3

3 Honor widows ^awho are truly widows.

1 Timothy 5:9-10

9 Let a widow be enrolled if she is not less than sixty years of age, having been ^bthe wife of one husband, ^{▼▼Or a woman of one man} 10 and having a reputation for good works: if she has brought up children, has ^dshown hospitality, ^ehas washed the feet of the saints, has ^fcared for the afflicted, and has ^gdevoted herself to every good work.

1 Timothy 5:16

16 If any believing woman has relatives who are widows, let her care for them. Let the church not be burdened, so that it may care for those ^hwho are truly widows.

James 1:27

27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: ⁱto visit ^jorphans and widows in their affliction, and ^kto keep oneself ^lunstained from the world.